A vivid exhibit salutes Kodak's Colorama vision of American life

Beginning in 1950, Kodak boosted the spirits of commuters racing through New York's Grand Central Terminal with larger-than-life color transparencies that peddled the company's idyllic vision of American life. In these endearing images, which measured a dramatic 60 x 18 feet, smiling families vacationed at mountain lakes, teenagers held wholesome basement dance parties, and Instamatic-toting tourists visited such exotic locales as Machu Picchu and the Taj Mahal. The Colorama years ended in 1990, but photography buffs can see a selection of 36 images, necessarily reduced in size, at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York.